The Department would like to congratulate all of the 2022 History of Art graduates. The Department also recognizes two undergraduate 2021-22 graduates who have received departmental awards. 

The Barbara Groseclose Award for Outstanding Paper in the History of Art is given every year to a graduating senior who produced an exceptional paper in the senior research seminar. It is named after a beloved emeritus faculty member who taught American art at OSU for a number of years. This year’s award goes to Alex Danford for her outstanding paper “Examining the Origins of the Louvre: Napoleon’s Systematic Looting of Cultural Property and the Institutional Push for Repatriation,” written for Professor Schellinger’s Art and the Museum course. Congratulations, Alex! 

The Department Valedictorian in History of Art is an award given every year to a graduating senior with the highest GPA in their History of Art courses. This year’s award goes to Ana Wong. Congratulations, Ana!